Wrong, they have to care. About 10% of all Office users are still using Office95, about 20% still using Office97, about 40 to 50% still using Office2000. (Office2000 can open OfficeXP documents without many problems). Not that many moved to OfficeXP. A new office that cannot save old Office compatible documents will not get many customers. MS will not willingly shoot themselves in the foot.
MS already shot themselves in the foot with MS Licensing Version 6.0. On breaking support for older versions of MS Office, don't think for a second they care, as you're expected to run the latest version of their software anyway while happily paying the Software Assurance licensing costs.
I've said this before, but will say it again: MS invalidated/nullified the economic value of your old MS licenses last year - you had a choice back then, and from MS's standpoint you were either in or you were out. The facts remains though, they're still aiming at the other foot.
In Holland, TMR is classified as suitable for anyone 12 years and over due to violence. It's probably the same with many EU countries, as over here people are quite liberal with their policies.
Here in Denmark it's ages 11+.
AFAIK, our ratings aren't that verbose, e.g. no "rated ??? for peril, violence and strong language, and three scenes of sexual content, some guy's dick falls off, or whatever". If you're 11, you can take anything right?:-)
Appropiate Gollum quotes should now be used in place of Yoda quotes.
Oh crap, you realize that quoting Gollum is a lot harder! Yoda just swaps some of the words in his sentences, but Gollum, now there's a challenge. Word mangling, hisses, not to mention the duality of his personality. Oh well!
(assuming that is what he was saying under the bleeps... fucking censors)
This may be flamebait, but I've never understood why saying fuck has to be censored with bleeps and all that.
Maybe everybody has just gotten used to it through all the years of censoring, and have forgotten to ask themselves why? I mean, you know what he's saying right?
Anyone who has snooped around in the Linux kernel code and who have read the Linux Kernel Coding Style doc, would follow these commenting rules. I quote:
Generally, you want your comments to tell
what your code does, not how.
Now, that's good advice anytime. This may be a long shot, but think about this in the light of SCO's claims.
While this is totally bogus, perhaps we just should let them have their little secrecy club. You know, see how well they do compared to other vendors who are more open about their bugs.
But really, if there's some exploit in some app/service everybody should know immediately - the only solution to an exploit is not always a patch fix from the vendor. You could shut down the service, if applicable, tweak some parameters to dodge the exploit, filter some packet, etc. Or you could even fix the exploit yourself in some instances (in the code that is).
But hey, who can blame them for wanting to not disclose this info, they're the only ones who can/are allowed to fix the bugs.:-)
Is he trying to prevent the media giants from preventing the sale of used DVDs, or is this current law?
What's that? Sell? Hell, some of us are having an even harder time buying new ones since the new European Copyright Directive (InfoSec) is to be slowly implemented throughout the EU - it started here in Denmark, last year. I'm importing my region 1 titles now, ain't it cool!
"To keep our IP secret we cannot tell you what code is infringing on our property, buy we will let you keep doing it for a small fee. Don't worry, we will tell you if the code is ever removed or changed and stop charging you"
If I were to pay them (or anyone else for that matter) royalties, wouldn't I get to see what I'm paying for?
This move shows that IBM is not at all hesitant and underscores their commitment to deliver GNU/Linux solutions despite SCO's obvious spreading of FUD.
On a similar note, wouldn't this make things even worse for Microsoft's with regards to the antitrust case in the EU? If I'm not mistaken, the Media Player bundling is a big deal already?
The Stallman quote is most telling, "There is very little new stuff in Linux.". Stallman is not implying that Linux is a copylefted UNIX (as SCO would have you believe), but rather that Linux borrows the UNIX paradigm (pipes, processes, small programs for each command, etc.).
And - in some sence - the same goes for the GNU system. Quoting RMS himself:
I chose to make the system compatible with Unix so that it would be portable, and so that Unix users could easily switch to it.
For example, we developed the GNU C library because a Unix-like system needs a C library, the Bourne-Again Shell (BASH) because a Unix-like system needs a shell, and the GNU tar because a Unix-like system needs a tar program. The same is true for my programs, the GNU C compiler, GNU Emacs, GDB, and GNU Make.
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Ah, it usually works! :-)
zMS already shot themselves in the foot with MS Licensing Version 6.0. On breaking support for older versions of MS Office, don't think for a second they care, as you're expected to run the latest version of their software anyway while happily paying the Software Assurance licensing costs.
I've said this before, but will say it again: MS invalidated/nullified the economic value of your old MS licenses last year - you had a choice back then, and from MS's standpoint you were either in or you were out. The facts remains though, they're still aiming at the other foot.
zHere in Denmark it's ages 11+.
AFAIK, our ratings aren't that verbose, e.g. no "rated ??? for peril, violence and strong language, and three scenes of sexual content, some guy's dick falls off, or whatever". If you're 11, you can take anything right? :-)
zPeter Griffin: Am..Am I supposed to conduct with my penis?
zHence the, good advice anytime part. :-)
Anyway, "i++;" usually speaks for itself in the context it's placed - unless one codes particularly bad.
zNah, that's just plain old ESR (a bit younger and thinner, though).
I'd say this picture shows more of a metamorphosis. :-)
zOh crap, you realize that quoting Gollum is a lot harder! Yoda just swaps some of the words in his sentences, but Gollum, now there's a challenge. Word mangling, hisses, not to mention the duality of his personality. Oh well!
zThis may be flamebait, but I've never understood why saying fuck has to be censored with bleeps and all that.
Maybe everybody has just gotten used to it through all the years of censoring, and have forgotten to ask themselves why? I mean, you know what he's saying right?
zAnyone who has snooped around in the Linux kernel code and who have read the Linux Kernel Coding Style doc, would follow these commenting rules. I quote:
Now, that's good advice anytime. This may be a long shot, but think about this in the light of SCO's claims.
zWhile this is totally bogus, perhaps we just should let them have their little secrecy club. You know, see how well they do compared to other vendors who are more open about their bugs.
But really, if there's some exploit in some app/service everybody should know immediately - the only solution to an exploit is not always a patch fix from the vendor. You could shut down the service, if applicable, tweak some parameters to dodge the exploit, filter some packet, etc. Or you could even fix the exploit yourself in some instances (in the code that is).
But hey, who can blame them for wanting to not disclose this info, they're the only ones who can/are allowed to fix the bugs. :-)
zHey, you missed something:
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What's that? Sell? Hell, some of us are having an even harder time buying new ones since the new European Copyright Directive (InfoSec) is to be slowly implemented throughout the EU - it started here in Denmark, last year. I'm importing my region 1 titles now, ain't it cool!
zIf I were to pay them (or anyone else for that matter) royalties, wouldn't I get to see what I'm paying for?
zThe parent is not a troll! (moderator on crack)
This move shows that IBM is not at all hesitant and underscores their commitment to deliver GNU/Linux solutions despite SCO's obvious spreading of FUD.
z... or redefine success. :-)
zOn a similar note, wouldn't this make things even worse for Microsoft's with regards to the antitrust case in the EU? If I'm not mistaken, the Media Player bundling is a big deal already?
zDude, settle down, it is just a joke - if I were backwards thinking I wouldn't be pro nuclear.
zAmazing! By any chance would it be codenamed Hindenburg, then? :-)
zAnd for those who don't remember, Microsoft has quit W3c recently and some time ago it was revealed that they had filed for a patent describing the the use of "style sheets in a publishing system - 5860073" (which is CSS). A patent which they acquired back in 1999, and I believe right under everybody's noses.
zThere could have been - they're just being bought before they can really make a difference.
zYou need to have friends, dude! :-)
zAnd - in some sence - the same goes for the GNU system. Quoting RMS himself:
zBetter make that a cool chick? :-)
zS(P)AM - if they would only advertise the unsolicited mail as such. :-)
zI'd like to see you make a perfect insane stunt with that one! :-)
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